Installing TCP/IP Protocol for Remoteboot Workstations (97650)

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Although the NetBEUI protocol is by default statically loaded and bound on remotely booted workstations, you can set up the remote boot service so that users at remoteboot MS-DOS workstations can dynamically load and unload other protocols.

To use TCP/IP in addition to NetBEUI, your remoteboot server's LAN Manager root directory must have the subdirectory:

   \RPL\RPLFILES\BINFILES\LANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\PROTOCOL\TCPIP.
				

Create any directories in this path that do not exist. Then follow these steps (before running RPLINST):

1. Copy all files from the \DRIVERS\PROTOCOL\TCPIP subdirectory on the LAN Manager MS-DOS Drivers disk to the \RPL\RPLFILES\BINFILES\LANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\PROTOCOL\TCPIP subdirectory of the server's LAN Manager root directory. Type

   DECOMP input_file output_file

   to decompress the files with extensions ending in "$."
   
   
   • All .EX$ files should be decompressed to .EXE files, and UNLOAD.EXE should then be renamed UNLOADT.EXE.
   • All .86$ files should be decompressed to .86 files.
   • All .CO$ files should be decompressed to .COM files.
   • All .DO$ files should be decompressed to .DOS files.
2. After the files are decompressed, you may delete all files ending in "$" to recover disk space. If you have already run RPLINST, run it again to set the protections for these files.
3. Edit the configuration files for the remoteboot profile.
   
   You may want to create a separate profile for workstations that need TCP/IP, because the drivers consume approximately 80K of memory. If so, use the Remoteboot Manager to create a new profile with the appropriate hardware configuration. Use the default configuration for all supported adapters that are not listed separately in the possible configurations.
   
   
   • Edit the profile's AUTOEXEC.BAT file found in the RPL\RPLFILES\<PROFILE NAME> directory, uncommenting or adding the following lines:

     UMB.COM
     LOAD TCPIP
     NMTSR.EXE

   • Edit the profile's CONFIG.SYS file in the same directory removing REM from the beginning of the DEVICE=NEMM.DOS line.
   • Edit the DOSBB.CNF file for the specific adapter rpl\bblock\netbeui\<adapter name>\dosbb.cnf to uncomment TCPDRV.DOS
     
     If there are any changes to network card configuration details, edit RPL\BBLOCK\NETBEUI\<ADAPTER NAME>\PROTOCOL.INI.
     
     Examples of modified configuration files for a 3Com Etherlink II and profile named elnktcp are given below.

C:\LANMAN\RPL\RPLFILES\PROFILES\ELNKTCP\AUTOEXEC.BAT

@ECHO OFF
REM **************************************************************
REM **         Microsoft LAN Manager       **
REM **         Copyright(c) Microsoft Corp., 1990  **
REM **************************************************************
SET COMSPEC=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM
SET PATH=C:\LANMAN.DOS\NETPROG;C:\DOS;C:\BINR;C:\BINB;
SET PROMPT=$P$G
SET TMP=C:\TMP
SET TEMP=C:\TMP
SET DOSSHELL=C:\WKSTA
VER
@ECHO ON
C:\LANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\PROTOCOL\TCPIP\UMB.COM
NET START RDR /RPL:YES /FIT:YES /COMPUTERNAME:(COMPUTER_NAME)
/HIMEM:YES
@RPLLINK
@FIXMEM
LOAD TCPIP
C:\LANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\PROTOCOL\TCPIP\NMTSR.EXE
				

C:\LANMAN\RPL\RPLFILES\PROFILES\ELNKTCP\CONFIG.SYS

SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS /P
LASTDRIVE=Z
BUFFERS=10
FILES=30
STACKS=0,0
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
rem DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=9380-9FFF
DOS=HIGH,UMB
rem -- Uncommented this existing line
DEVICE=C:\LANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\PROTOCOL\TCPIP\NEMM.DOS
				

C:\LANMAN\RPL\BBLOCK\NETBEUI\ELNKII\DOSBB.CNF

; DOS on 3Com Etherlink II
RPL BBLOCK\RPLBOOT.SYS
LDR BBLOCK\RPLSTART.COM ~
DAT BBLOCK\NETBEUI\ELNKII\PROTOCOL.INI
DRV BBLOCK\RPLDISK.SYS ~ 4 M
EXE BBLOCK\RPLPRO1.COM ~ 2 ~
EXE BBLOCK\RPLBIND2.EXE ~ ~
EXE BBLOCK\PROTMAN.EXE ~ ~
EXE BBLOCK\RPLBIND1.EXE ~ ~
;DRV BBLOCK\IPXNDIS.DOS ~ ~ ~
; Uncommented this line to enable tcp driver
DRV BBLOCK\TCPDRV.DOS /I:C:\LANMAN.DOS ~ ~
EXE BBLOCK\NETBEUI\NETBEUI.EXE ~ 10 ~
DRV BBLOCK\NDIS\ELNKII.DOS ~ ~ ~
DRV BBLOCK\PROTMAN.DOS /I:C:\LANMAN.DOS ~ M
				

Now use Remoteboot Manager to edit the properties of a workstation as follows:

1. Select the workstation and choose Properties from the remoteboot menu.
2. Set the workstation's profile to the profile modified above.
3. Fill in the IP address parameters for this workstation.
4. Choose OK to save the changes in RPL.MAP.

This workstation is now configured to load the TCP/IP and RFC NetBIOS drivers at boot time.